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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-12
The Harvest Moon.

The harvest moon is the full moon
which falls on or near September 21. Its
peculiarly is that its rises more closely
after sunset for number of nights after
the full than any other full moon in the
year. This results in four or five sue
ccssivc nights being almost moonlit, and
the opportunity thus given for evening
work in harvesting has led to this full
moon being distinguished by the name of
harvest moon. The difference between
the moons times of rising on successive
nights averages about fifty minutes. The
greatest difference occurs in the spring,
when it may reach an hour and half.
The harvest moon may rise over half an
hour late each night, while under the
most favorable conditions the difference
is only about ten minutes. The full moon
following September likewise rises but
little later from night to night, and is
called the hunters moon. The moons
orbit makes the least angle with the hori-
zon at the autumn equinox, and as it be-
comes, in advancing one days motion
along its orbit, less depressed below the
horizon than at any time, it has but a
little greater hour angle to travel over
each succeeding night after sunset to
bring it into view. Hence the full moon
for SO many successive evenings in the
last of September. Popular Science
Ne3re
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A Ride Down o Flume.

A. G. Mason left the mills at 10
o'clock yesterday on a raft in the tiume
for ride to Chico. He expected to
make the trip in three and half hours,
but met with several thrilling mishaps
that delayed him until after dark and
effectually cured him for a raft ride to
Chico. The ride for the first fifteen
miles was novel and grand-scenery as
magnificent as any in the Sierra Nevada.
But when the raft struck the deep canons
and mountain gorges, with the fume
stretched along looking like a silvery
thread from the bottom, the ride began
to take on dangers, for the lumber that
had been shipped in the morning was
here met with, and the real trouble
commenced. In one of the deep cuts the
V-boX ran onto a board, up ending the
raft and throwing Bert high into the
air. In falling he grasped a small board
nailed to the tiume and hung suspended
fifty feet from the bottom of the canyon.
Bert, having but one arm, found himself
in dangerous position, and, too add to
this horror, the board he was hanging
to began to break. About twenty feet
below him was small platform between
the joists, so, just as the board gave
way, Bert swung out, let 20 his hold,
and dropped. He struck the platform,
but the rebound threw him thirty feet
to the bottom of the canyon, striking on
his shoulder and the side of his face.
He was stunned for moment, but when
he came to, he hurried down the fume
and caught the raft. When twelve miles
from Chico he was again thrown, but
this time he struck in the fume, with a
narrow escape from drowning. His hat
was lost and he was wet through. AS
soon as he got out Bert concluded that he
did not want any more raft-riding, and
walked the remaining twele miles to
town, arriving at 1880 o'clock.-Chico
(Cul.) Enterprise.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
RecipcS.

SODA CAKE.-Onc pound -four, one
half pound currants, onc-tourth pound
raisins, one-fourth pound butter, SIX
ounces sugar, two ounces orange peel,
two ounces almonds, one tcaspoonful
carbonate of soda, flavor with essence of
lemon; add milk enough to make cake
rather stiff, and put in one-half nut
meg.
To CAN GRAPES them carefully
from the stems, taking care not to tear
the skins much; put them in porcelain
kettle, with little water; stir them care
fully and only enough to make sure that
they are we'll heated through; then put
them in the cans. The pulp will then be
whole and the sauce not all seeds and
skins.
TOMATOES AND ONIoNs.-Prick the
small ripe tomato skins and lay them in
LAYERS, cover with small onions and
sprinkle with salt, let it stand week,
drain off salt water, put the tomatoes in
a jar and cover with strong vinegar. Boil
pint of vinegar with red pepper, horse
radish, spices and mustard; add to the
pickles.
STUFFED PEPPERS the peppers,
take out the seeds, and stuff with cab
bage shredded very fine and English
mustard seed in equal parts. Put small
white onion and two cloves in each pep
per. Tie them firmly up and put into
cold vinegar. The cabbage should be
sprinklcd with salt and hungup in bag
to drain the day before it is used.
BREAD PUDDING.-One quart OF milk,
one pint bread crumbs, the yolks of three
eggs, one cup of sugar, small piece of
butter; flavor to taste; bake twenty
minutes; when cool spread jelly over 1t !;
beat to froth the reserved whites OF
eggs; mix with one tablespoonful of
sugar; pile on top of the Jelly and set in
hot oven until Slightly Drowned.
PoT-RoAsTED BEEF.-Take piece of
cheap beef, say from the round, boil two
hours in about enough of water to al.
most cover it; season with pepper and
salt. When the water is almost boiled
away turn the meat often, to keep 1t
from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
At last the water will all be evaporated,
and then let the meat brown little; take
it out and add to the hot fat flour and
water; this will make rich brown gravy.
1t is best to have tablespoonful of floul
mixed with quart of water ready to
pour in as soon as,the meat is removed, so
as not to have the fat scorched. Pork,
veal or mutton is equally nice cooked in
this manner.
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An Absurd Bird.

Kiwi-kiwi is the creatures real name,
but scientific men call it apteryx, which
is q Greek word meaning winglcss, be-
cause though bird, it has no wings.
That is absurd enough. but it does not
satisfy the kiwi, who seems to have tried
to be as unbirdlike as possible, and, in
order to do so, has gone to very ridicu-
lous extremes.
1t not only has no wings, but it has no
tail-not even so much as an apology for
onc And, rs if that were not enough, it
has no feathers worthy of the name. Its
quils are covered with soft down for
about onc-third of their length. and then
are fringed with hair-likc webs ont to
the ends, which arc sharply pointed. 1t
is only as large as common domestic
fowl, but it has much stronger and
stouter legs and bigger feet.
Of course you cannot be surprised to
learn that such bird looks at first
sight like a qnadruped. 1t carries its
head low and hobbies along in a most
uncouth fashion, moving so swiftly
when pursued, however, that it is very
difficult to capture this ridiculous bird.
When it sleeps in the daytime-for
naturally it is odd enough to choose the
wrong time for sleeping-it rests its
long bill on the ground, and so makes
itself look like a strange sort of three
legged stool. Most other birds use their
beaks or their wings or their spurs to
fight with, but it would be foolish to en-
pcct any such natural proceeding from
the kiwi; and, in fact, its plan of fight
ing is to kick. 1t is very fond of earth
worms; and one of its ways of procuring
them is worthy of so odd bird. 1t
thumps the Garth with its big feet, and
if there are any worms in the vicinity,
up they come to discover what is the
matter.
1t is cousin of the ostrich. and
though its plumage has no such value for
us as its large relatives has, it is very
highly valued by the natives of New
Zealand. The kiwi has very tough
skin, which, when it is properly dressed,
makes good leather.-S. Nicholas.
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Professional Window Gazing.

Professional window gazing is q Phila.
delphia idea, according to the Neaos OF
that city. It says: Two young men who
spend the day and large part of the
evening on Chestnut street are paid to do
so. They are both well-known figures
and generally travel together. They are
professional window gazers. The young
men in common with everybody else,
know that to attract q crowd to window
all one has to do is to stand and gaze
into that window. In short time ten
or dozen people will be gazing with
him. They were down to hard pan-on
their uppers, so to speak. One OF them
went to the proprietor of mems furnish
ing house on Chestnut street and told
him that for so much week he would
guarantee to attract more attention to
his window than all the displays that
could be laid out The proprietor was
struck with the idea and gave it trial.
As consequence there was crowd at
his window nearly all the time. The
young man would walk up to the window
with his friend and stand gazing there
until a crow of dozen or fifteen were
standing with them. To keep the crowd
moving he would walk away and that
started the break in the crowd. The
performance was repeated every ten or
fifteen minutes. The young man went
to other stores along the street, unfo!ded
his plan and pointed out the success of
it. In short time he had the whole
street from Ninth to Broad on his beat
and he had to take his friend into partner
ship, and he makes plenty of money. If
other window gazers do not get on to
the idea and get into business these two
originators will shortly establish branches
of the sGazers" in other cities.
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A Hired Mans Romance.

A dozen or so years ago a young man
in Harrisburg was employed by gentle
mail as man. of all work about the house.
He was comely youth as to face and
shape, and he was intelligent. There
was something in him above the menial,
aud, as subsequently transpired, all that
he wanted was a chance, and he would
90 up higher. 1t happened that in the
@entleman's house was pretty daughter
(atat twenty two J, accomplished and gay,
quite society girl, but sensible for all
that. Seeing her every day, it was the
most natural thing in the world for the
young fellow-the "hired man"-to fall
in love with her, and one bright day he
braccd himself and told his love. But
the Girl was not looking with favor on
hired men Just then. She was shocked.
She told her sire. After reproving the
young fellow, the venerable parent
fired him. But the young man had blood.
He gathered together his earthly posses
sions and faced toward the West. He
took Greeley's advice and landed in one
of the mining towns of Colora 10. There
he went to work as a prospector. DO
YOU know what the life of 4 proSpcctor
means? 1t means hope dcfcrrcd-it
mems continued disappointmcnts-ha
work, toilng and digging and hunting
until death itself would be welcome
release.
The young man went through it all.
He didn't miss trick. Many time he
wanted to lay right down and pass in
his checks right then and there, but the
sand in him wouldn't let him. He kept
digging away in a perfunctory sort of
way, until one day he struck pay dirt,
and all at once he found himself the pos
SCISSOR of great riches. Struck it fat, Just
like many another poor devil, in the last
ditch. He sold out we'll, and then sat
down to think. His first thoughts were
of the Harrisburg girl who refused him.
All, the old love was still there, brethren,
still there. He resolved to try again.
Gathering together nice wallet full of
Doodle he hied him East, and at last
landed in Harrisburg. The girl he loved
was still there, but turning the corner of
old maidism. Father was dead, and
things had not gone right. She was
poor. The young fellow hunted her up.
There was scene that I hope you will
not insist upon my describing, and last
week there was quiet wedding that did
not get into the papers.-Harrisburg
(PeHn. TelegrdDh,
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OUR CITY POPULATION.

There are now $50 cities and towns in
this country having a population of
1000 and upward, and nearly one-third
of or entire population resides in these
cities and towns. In 1880 there were
$50 towns which had a population each
of 1900 and upward. Over 1900 cities,
villages and smaller places now have
public waterworks. and majority of
them gas-works also. Public improve
ments and convenicnces of this class
have grown up almost entirely within
the past thirty years.
FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
The gradual decrease in the average
number of persons composing a family
in the United States is as follows: In
1850 the number of persons to family
averaged $1,000, in 1860 the average
was 5 2S-100, in 1870 it was 5 9-100,
while in 1880 it had fallen to 4-100.
To-day five persons may be taken as the
average number for each family, and
the number of families is twelve mill
ions. In 1880 we had one million more
families than houses, showing that one
million houses were occupied by two
families each.
THE WORLDS DEATH RATE.
The average annual death rate of the
world is 32 for every 1000 persons. The
average death rate for the leading cities
of the United States is 22t in every /, 900
persons. Old cities like Paris, Vienna
and Berlin approach the worlds average
in their death rate. In 1855 the death
rate for the City of Mexico was SO for
every 1000 persons; in Vera Cruz, 90.
CURIOUS FACTS.
In single year the number of deaths
of human beings is nearly so, 900, 600.
During the timc-an hour and three
fourths-of an ordinary Sunday morning
church service about 10, 900 persons die.
In the hours of single day the number
of deaths in the human family equals that
OF the population of city like Detroit.
In one week time as many die as make
the number of people in Cook County.
The time elapsing between one new
moon and another witnesses the death of
as many human beings as now compose
the population of the State of Illinois.
Every two seconds of time see three
human lives pass into the dark valley"
Notwithstanding the vastncss of num-
bers of the carth's population, the entire
1900, ,O0O,0 600 could stand upon tract of
land ten miles square and be comfortably
seated upon tract twenty miles square,
or on less than a dozen townships, or on
half of one of our larger counties, and
with proper arrangement of telephones
one man could address the vast throng as
one audience. The township of Hyde
Park is large enough to make cemetery
in which TO bury the entire present popu
lation of the United States and leave
ample room for walks and drives. CHI
eagO Herald.
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COlOrne.

Cologne is chiefly interesting to visit
ors on account of its Cathedral and its
Cologne water To see the one and to
buy some of the other are the two great
y, ects of travellers here. But, apart
from these principal attractions, we shall
find the city very interesting. Most OF
the streets are queer and old, some of the
houses dating from the thirteenth cen.
fury and the Rhine, which shere crossed
bya long bridge of boats, presents a
very busy and lively scene with its craft
of many kinds.
The real Cole gnc water is made by
Johann Maria l arina, but when we go
out to buy some, We may be little per.
picked by finding that there are some
thirty or forty people of this name, all
of whom keep shops for the sale OF
Cologne water. There arc great many
descendants of the original inventor OF
this perfume, and the law does not per.
nit any one to assume the name who
does not belongto to the family; but the
boy babies of the Farinas are generally
baptized Johann Maria, so that they can
go into the Cologne water business when
they grow up. There are two or three
shops where the best and "originar
water is sold, and at one of these we
buy some of the celebrated perfume, gen.
orally sold to travellers in small wooden
boxes containing four or six bottles,
which we get at very reasonable price
compared with what we have to pay for
it in America. We cannot take much
more than this, because Cologne water is
classed as spirits by the Custom House
authorities in England, and each traveller
is allowed to bring only small quantity
of it into that conntry.-St. Nicholas.
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A Bill for $1,000.

The fees demanded by eminent New
York lawyers are seldom small. A
prominent lawyer relates that in matter
of litigation he re emily called in the
services of distinguished Wall street
attorney, whose career i'll public life has
given him great prominence. The affair
terminated in Il settlement outside OF the
court, pending which some dinners were
given, at which the principals and their
attorneys came together. When the
banker asked for his bill from the
attorney the figures were $500 1t
struck the man of money that this was
trife high, and he asked for an itemized
account. The itemized bill read as fol-
lows:
To retainer. .................... S5,UOO
To attendance on five dinners ut
Delmonico's, $1,000 each....... 10000
IOGal. ...... Slo,uO
The lanI:er is not likely to invite
lawyers to dinner hereafter.-New York
Tribune
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aUntold Agony from Catarrh."

Prof. W. HAusNER, the famous mesmerist
of ithaca, ". Y, writes: Some ten years ago
I suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
catarrh. My family physician gave me up as
incurable, and said must die. My case was
such bad one, that every day, towards sun.
set, my voice would become 80 hoarse could
barely speak above a whisper. In the morning
almost strangle me. BY the use Of DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy, in three months, was well
man. and the cure has been permanent"
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Life In the Paris Sewers

Is possible, for short time to the robust, but
tho majority of refined persons would prefer
immediate death to existence in their recking
atmosphere. How much more revolving to be
in ones self liuinD selrer. But this is actually
the case with those in whom the inactivity Of
the liver drives the refuse matter of the body
to escape through the lungs, breath, the pores,
kidneys and bladder. 1t is astonishing that
life remains In such dwelling. DR.. Picrcc'f
"Goldcn Medical Discovery" restores normal
pnrity 10 the system and renews the whole be-
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"Constantly Hawking and Splitting"

THOMAS ]. RUSHING, Esq, :s0s Pune Street.
from catarrh for three years. At times could
hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking
and splitting. and for the last, eight months
could not breathe through the nostrils. /
ily, / was advised to try DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy, and am now well man. believe
it to be the only sure remedy for catarrh now
manufactured, and one has only to give 1t
fair trial to experience astounding results and
a Dermanent cure"
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SunerstitiOus SteambOatmen.

SAYS an old deckhand on a steamboat
"There is one peculiar superstition among
stcamboatmcn that does not lose any of
it's interest by age. Whenever a minis
ter and white horse happen to make
the trip at the same time on steamboat,
there is always an accident OF some kind
to follow. 1t may not be always to the
steamboat, but it is certain to be to the
boat or some of the passengers. This
superstition is so strong among the deck
hands that they will positively refuse to
go on a boat which carries a minister and
a white horse. ."--NeU York Tribune.
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Three Bottles Cure Catarrh.

ELI ROBBINS, Runyan P. O., Columbia Co.,
Pa, says: My daughter had catarrh when
Sages Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro
cured O bottle for her, and soon saw that it
helped her; a third bottle effected perma;;
nent cure. She is now eighteen years old and
sound and hearty"
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THE HUMAN RACE.
INCREASE AND CHANGES OF
POPULATION.
The Habitable Area of the Globe
and the Possibilities of
Observation-Disclosures
Curious Facts.

During the last fifty years the civilized
nations of the globe have taken much
pains to determine the number of their
inhabitants and the character and extent
of the industries in which they are en-
gagged. For the following statements we
have consulted the most recent accessible
authorities and estimates:
TIE EARTH's LAND SURFACE.
The earth has about forty eight mill
ions of square miles of land surface, and
sixteen millions of these square miles are
we'll adapted to the needs of settled pop
! ulations, and portions of the vast remain
der may be occupied by the nomads for
pasture lands and by game. To people
the sixteen millions of square miles as
denscly as Belgium, Saxony and Eng
land arc peopled, say 800 persons to the
,, square mile, would require population
of 6, 400 millions, or somewhat more than
four times the present population OF the
entire globe The United States and
Territories, if as dcnscly populated as
Belgium, would contain population
equal to the present population of the
world, namely, fifteen hundred millions.
The State of Texas alone. if as dcnscly
peoplcd as Massachusetts, would have
population equal to the present popula-
tion of our whole country. Few realize
that Texas is third larger than France.
The question of the earth becoming
overpcopled has alarmed some writers,
but there are reasons for believing that
this is an exceedingly improbable dan
ger. The more intelligent and enlight-
cned nation becomes the less rapid is
its increase in the number of children.
Tine tendency is to smaller families, and
rs the race is steadily improving the IN
crelse in its numbers will be proportion
ately less. Our best thinkers have no
fears that population will ever exceed
the number which can comfortably sub
sist upon the earth's products. Ad-
vances in science and improved methods
of agriculture will easily provide for the
increase of human beings as it comes.
POPULATION OF THE WORLD.
The present population of the world is
1900, 900, 900, aud it is increasing to-day
at the rate of 1000, 900 a year. Forty
years ago the estimate of the number of
the worlds inhabitants was 1000, ,000,-
900. Better modes of life and the facil-
tiles with which food products are trans
ported everywhere have not only much
increased the average duration of human
ife, but so lessencd the death rate in the
better care of children that population
is steadily increasing. 1t is now gener-
ally believed that the population of the
Chinese Empire has been overestimated.
Conceding the overestimate to have been
$4,000, 600, we have the following for
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In London, with all its numerous interests
with nearly 100000 inhabitants and nearly
ZOO Ou houses, there is no delivery of letters on
thc Sabbath. The same thing may be said of
more than 1900 country districts in Great
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"Her face so fair, as flesh it seemed not,

"Her face so fair, as flesh II seemed not,
But heavenly portrait of bright angels hue,
Clear MS the sky, without a blame or blot,
Through goodly mixture Of complexion duc
And in her checks the vermeil red did SHOW"
This is the poets description Of q woman
whose physical system was in a perfectly sound
and healthy state, with every function acting
properly, and is the enyiablo condition OF its
fair patrons produced BY DR.. Pierces Favor
itc PrescriptiOn." Any druggist.
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For weak lungs. splitting of blood shortnesS5
of breath, consumption, nght-sweats and all
lingering coughs, Dir. Porce's "Golden Medical
Discovery" is sovereign remedy. Superior to
cod liver oil By druggists.
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In every community there are number of
men whose whole time is not occupied, such rs
tcuchers, ministers, farmers sons, and others.
wish TO make several hundred dollars during
the next few months, write ut once to B; +.
Johnson & Co., of Richmond, Va, and they
will show you how to do 1t.
ROYAL GLUE mends anythingl Broken Chi.